Learning Target #1 - Construct a model of a solar eclipse and explain the conditions needed to predict one. Distinguish between a solar and lunar eclipse and state how the position of the moon affects the tides.
Vocabulary terms to know:
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
annular eclipse
umbra
preumbra
rotation vs orbit
full moon
new moon
high & low tides
What causes a solar eclipse? Can the solar eclipse be blamed for the large escapement of Atlantic salmon from the fish farm on Cyprus Island?
http://kuow.org/post/officials-try-blame-eclipse-tides-atlantic-salmon-spill-puget-sound
Video Explanation shown in class:
Check out this great website from Vanderbilt University for more information: https://dyer.vanderbilt.edu/solar-eclipse/#occur
Learning Target #2
Describe the early stages of the planet and major events that led to great changes including: ocean formation, first oxygen in atmosphere, first cells, first multicellular fossils, etc.
Success criteria:
Explain how molecular oxygen was formed (what must have been around 1st?) in the atmosphere.
Explain the order of the following groups of organisms appearance on earth: fish, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, marine mammals
Using the simplified color coding describe the major earth history events (see video notes and table completed as a class).
When did unicellular life begin? What is the evidence of the first cells?
Video shown in class - Life's Rocky Start (student questions below attached as Word document)
Earth's History on a football field:
https://www.facebook.com/NPR/videos/271047796633694/
SOME SOURCES TO GET YOU STARTED ON YOUR RESEARCH: Please make sure your sources are credible science sites!
Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/
Access Science: https://www.accessscience.com/
Learning Target #3 Explain the conditions necessary for hurricanes to form and be sustained.
Success criteria: (The level of detail I’m expecting for your quiz.)
State where U.S. hurricanes typically start and explain why.
State what happens to hurricanes once they hit land and explain why.
Explain why hurricanes form over water near the equator and not land or waters far from the equator.
Describe the relationship between air pressure and wind speed.
Describe the typical path of a hurricane formed in the Pacific Ocean
Explain convection currents in air and water at the particle (molecules, atoms, or compounds) level - -e.g. what happens to warm air or water and why?
State factors other than the Category of a storm that indicates how destructive it might be.
State how the frequency and intensity of storms has changed over the last few hundred years and give a human-induced reason for this.
State/explain how rising sea levels will affect future hurricanes
Explain the difference between a tropical cyclone, a hurricane and a typhoon.
VOCABULARY WORDS TO KNOW AND USE IN YOUR ANSWERS:
• Angle of insolation
• Specific heat
• Convection current
• Storm surge
• Atmospheric pressure
• Eye
• Eyewall
Hook video: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/sep/10/hurricane-irma-millions-brace-for-impact-as-superstorm-reaches-florida-live
See word document below for Hurricane tracker activity
and use this resource to find names and dates of a US landfall category 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 storm. Then go back and finish the table. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_hurricanes
Why do hurricanes occur on the east coast and not the west coast? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-hurricanes-hit-the-east-coast-of-the-u-s-but-never-the-west-coast/
Video with more explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP4rgvu4xDE
Anatomy of a hurricane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BVljguheF4
BEST EXPLANATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2evDMwIoyw
Quick explanation worded a little differently so don't get it confused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VR9poffvEg
More detailed anatomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJydFJORWf4
How do Hurricanes form? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f45jA5UxB0
Check out the Hurricane Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rw1vJBnINg
Typhoon Haiyan Video from FRIDAY (see below for questions that go with it):
BONUS FOR TOMMOROW'S QUIZ: State the main differences between a hurricane and tornado:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0LskBe_QfA
Practice quizzes: (Note - these are just some I found on the internet where some of the questions will help you. Use our learning objectives to clarify what you need to know!)
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/weather/hurricanes/quiz3930.htm
http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/Tropical-Cyclones-643.html